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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

How to Survive 2

Help Us Out, Take Our Survey!

Do you like the direction the game is going? What do you think should come next? Are the nightcrawlers scary enough, the gators mean enough, Madison cute enough?

Help us shape the future of How to Survive 2 and let us know what you think: https://www.research.net/r/VW5T5Q2

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=688273337

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Join the community and talk about the survey and other game related things here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/364042262874906767/

Fan Made Trailer Contest Winners!

Please join me in congratulating our winners!

Grand Prize: Savino
First Place: Super rage
Second Place: Maik.Jns.

You will find all the trailers listed in this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/364040166690119199/

Thank you everyone for submissions, they were great and hard to choose from! We appreciate the time you took to play our game and make something wonderful for us.

OUR FANS ROCK!

Make a Game Trailer, Win Stuff

We hear you are loving this new patch and cannot wait until it goes live. (very soon!)

To tempt you to play more and get involved, we want YOU to make a game trailer including all the new stuff, and if you can, the Twitch Integration.


RULES:


  • Make a game trailer showing off what you can do and the stuff you like best.
  • 2:00 minutes or less
  • Be sure to include owned by Eko Software & 505 Games
  • Include your name at the end if you want props
  • Your entry must be provided by linking your video entry in this post
  • Entries must be received by Sunday 08 May 2016 11:59pm PST/ Monday 09 May 2016 6:59am GMT
  • One entry per person
  • Video must be in English (however, we'd love to see what you have in other languages, just not for this contest)


PRIZES:


Grand Prize - 505 Games game codes for:

First and Second Runners Up:

  • Red Parrot code


Devs at Eko Software and 505 Games will be deciding the winner. Once the winner is selected we will announce it here, the news, Facebook and Twitter.

(Edits and changes may be made to this post.)

Alienware now Streaming on Twitch!

[LIVE] May 9 Update - Twitch Integration, New Stuff, Intel HD 3000 Optimization

Get ready Survivors!

BETA BRANCH - Friday 29 April update :
To access the beta testing server, go into the BETAS tab of the game's properties and select the beta branch option and it will update your game with the fixes and features below. Please note that if you want to test the beta branch in multiplayer, all the players need to be on the same branch.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674922583

Level cap of the camp increased to 40

  • A new kovac challenge
  • A new trap to protect the camp : Pendulum trap (High damage / Low hit rate)

New quest giver and 9 new missions

  • New quest giver : Madison a young girl AKA Turtle girl
  • 1 new quest for Kovac (this quest must be completed to make Madison pop)
  • 4 new quests for Madison
  • 2 new quests for the rednecks
  • 2 new quest for the fans

New Environment

  • The Sewers
  • A new pub/Jazz Bar in City environment
  • Camp building have specific assets to show when they are broken

New NPC

  • Alligator

New Armor and recipes

  • Alligator armor
  • Recipes for Wooden board - Steel objects (scrap/sheet/tube/nails) - stones -the new trap and the alligator armor

New quest features : Escort and Trigger

  • Escort a NPC (NPC can receive orders to wait or move with the chat wheel interface - a new wheel is active when close to a NPC to escort)

Quest List Event

  • When some quest list reach a certain point - the camp map gets modifications.
  • Bug fixes - the collision to not get player stuck in furnitures)
  • Improvements - for example we worked on the loading time)
  • Changed the fonts for Simplified Chinese - previous fonts were not supporting all the characters and some were displayed differently
  • Fix to prevent items disappearing from trunk (not tested has we never managed to reproduce the issue)
  • Fixed some localization issue


READ THESE CAREFULLY!
Twitch integration

The game will support the following interactions :

  • Lunatics: the more the merrier. (Free a horde of infected?) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no to trigger a wave of 10 running zombies
  • Free a horde of special infected? (To take good care of your survivor.) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no to trigger a wave of 3 special zombies
  • Who wants to become a nasty zombie? - (Type the magic word to have a chance to attack the player!) - 60 sec to say #me then 2 zombies randomly named by the voters will come to attack
  • Who wants to become a hidden zombie? (Type the magic word to have a chance to hide as a zombie!) - 60 sec to say #me then 2 zombies randomly named by the voters will pop somewhere in the level with no aggro, player will have to pull or alert them.
  • In a generous mood? (Take good care of your survivor.) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no heal the player with a small medikit
  • Health or damage boost? (Choose how to help your survivor! You may even get a thank-you!) - 60 sec to vote with #heal or #damage to heal or activate a damage buff to the player
  • Speed or stamina? (There are two types of runners!) - 60 sec to vote with #speed or #stamina to activate a speed or stamina potion to the player
  • Too many choices! (Don't be afraid to choose!) - 60 sec to vote #speed or #stamina or #heal or #damage


By default an interaction is triggered every 5 minutes (can be changed by the twitch streamer from 1 to 10 minutes)
Each interaction can be set to on/off (and can have a different probability to happen between low medium or high).
All buff effect should affect only player 1
For interaction 1 to 4, the zombie triggered will randomly get the name of the voters.

4 May Update:

Changed:

  • You have to speak to Madison before you enter the city in the quest "The survivor and the turtle"
  • Some infected friends join your position when you search the car under alarm in the Madison's quest "Bubble and punches"
  • The health of the alligators has been slightly increased
  • At least one alligator drops you a "family picture" at the end of the last Madison's quest
  • Zombies shouldn't appear anymore in the camp's trees
  • The spawn rate of flowers has been improved in the fans' quest named "Animal lover"


Fixed:

  • the issue of escorted npcs who were unable to climb obstacles
  • an issue preventing the player to join a teammate just leaving a raid
  • various issues of connection and disconnection


Added

  • An irc.log file is now created on your hard drive. Please send it if you encounter any connection issues by using Twitch functionalities.



Come join our community and discuss this newest update: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/364040166677133052/

If you like our updates, please share on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat!
@How2SurviveGame

If you experience any crash, please send the proc.dmp file to support@ekosystem.com

Take care : )

New Beta Patch Streaming Live

Come see what we are building today!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674642766
WHERE: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/darqflame

WHEN:
1pm PST
3pm CST
4pm EST
8pm GMT

If you need help with time conversion, use this site:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

And then come and join the conversation on this thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/364040166673474864/

[LIVE] Quick Update - Fullscreen, Fixes & Fun!

Update for April 26, 2016 LIVE:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=673460834

Change log:

  • Fixed loss of character save when joining friend with invite steam option.
  • Added fullscreen option in configuration box. You will need to uncheck this in config
  • Added VSync option in configuration box. Users whose graphic cards are heating too much should activate this option.
  • The game should start in full resolution by default after fresh install.
  • And we have taken away the ability to set the Camp to Associate level for everyone. Now highest is just Member. To raise someone to Associate you will need to do it though the Community Menu individually.


If you experience any crash, please send the proc.dmp file to support@ekosystem.com

Want to talk more about the update? Join our ongoing forum discussion here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/368542844485720665/

If you like our updates, please share on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat!
@How2SurviveGame

Next update should come before the end of April (beta)! Stay tuned!

Take care : )

NOW LIVE - New Language Support, Finishing Moves AND Nightcrawlers!

Hello Survivors!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656582944

HTS2 - Beta Update March, the 31th, patched live April 7

  • Keep children away! Finishing moves are here!!!

    • Added dismemberment & gore effects
    • Heads burst with head shots and charged strikes
    • Infected release bigger blood stains, bloody slashes

  • The long awaited return of the Night Fiends! In an even deadlier version, you will fear the night!
  • Cycling weather is now active in the camp (sun / dry or wet storm / hard rain)
  • Added new "Extra storage" skill allowing you to increase your carrying capacity
  • A "Logbook" tab has been added to the avatar's interface to remind the players in which raids they have found their resources

    • This location history of resources also appears by hovering the mouse on the recipes' components

  • Added language support

    • Brazilian Portuguese
    • Japanese
    • Simplified Chinese

  • Improved auto-lock of distant weapons (easier to change target) (Gamepad controls)
  • Better melee lock (Gamepad controls)
  • Reskin of some GUI including backgrounds, tab pictures and more filters to sort the inventories, skills list, recipes, etc.
  • Reskin of modules' interface
  • Recipes can be filtered in the camp, character and buildings' crafting tabs
  • Improvement and fix Clifton's 6th quest (for 2 players)
  • Improvement and fix of movable objects
  • Weapon mesh in modules menu position fix with all screen ratios


If you like our updates, please share on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat! @How2SurviveGame and feel free to come to our Discussion Forum and talk more about How to Survive 2 and the new patch! http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/371918937259709337/

If you experience any crash, please send the proc.dmp file to support@ekosystem.com

Take care : )

[VIDEO] Kovac's Challenges

Hello Survivors!

Today we are going to learn about my challenges, why we do them and how to succeed.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=660429292
Protect your camp and my pylon and I will reward you...

-K

New Lower Price!

Hello Survivors!

We want to build the best possible game for you. We have realized that we may need to adjust the price while in development. With that said, we will try to keep it fair and we will still be part of Steam sales and Discounts during this period. Please enjoy this new lower price!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=659572021
We welcome any and all comments, suggestions and feedback. Here is a link to our General Forum: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/ and one to our Suggestions & Feedback Forum: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/3/

We hope you continue to enjoy our game and thank you for all of your feedback!

If you like our updates and enjoy our game, please share on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat! @How2SurviveGame